Quilt Show Viewer's Choice Announced!

Press Release - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact:  Janet G. Erway

Cooperstown Art Association

22 Main Street

Cooperstown, N.Y.  13326

(607) 547-9777

 

March 1, 2013

 

 

                                    Quilt Show Viewer's Choice Announced!

 

The Fenimore Quilt Club and the Cooperstown Art Association proudly present the Cooperstown Quilt Show Viewer's Choice.  The CAA estimates that well over 1,000 quilt lovers attended this year’s show and each person was asked to vote for their favorite.  

 

The 22nd Annual Quilt Show was a truly regional exhibit and included participants from far and wide.  Out of approximately 100 quilted pieces in the show, which included full size quilts, wall hangings, baby quilts and pillows, the Viewer’s Choice was “Waiting for the Mail” by Mary Wilber Wirchansky of Schenevus, NY.   In this unique art quilt the quilter’s grandfather is portrayed waiting for the mail with his dog in front of the house he built in eastern North Carolina.  In the sky excerpts of letters are inscribed that he wrote to his daughter in the 1930’s and early 40’s.  Stamps are also included from that era.  Congratulations Mary!

 

Kathy Allen of Cooperstown was the lucky winner of the 2013 Raffle Quilt made by members of the Fenimore Quilt Club depicting buildings of many shapes and sizes. The Fenimore Quilt Club and the Cooperstown Art Association would like to thank all the participants for making this year’s exhibit so successful.  For questions or more information, please call (607) 547-9777 or go to our website at www.cooperstownart.com.

 

 

Detail of the Viewer’s Choice Quilt, “Waiting for the Mail” by Mary Wilber Wirchansky of Schenevus, NY that was on display in the Fenimore Quilt Club Show at the Cooperstown Art Association galleries through February 24.